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The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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This is just one of many interesting new food delivery technologies we've run across in our food truck research. Beyond the cupcake ATM, our other favorites are:

1. The Tacocopter (pictured below) is a hoax but still an interesting approach to mobile food. My guess is regulatory issues - they need both FAA and food permits - will keep the copter grounded. But if not, sign me up.

2. Burritobot (pictured below) is real. It's a 3D printer that makes burritos. Popular Science has a video showing it in action. There's even an accompanying iPhone app for ordering your burrito.

I'm not sure the burritobot has much of a commercial future. But it's a good example of pretty sophisticated technology - 3D printing - being applied in an innovative way.